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QUOTE (YASNY @ Sep 13, 2008 -> 11:08 AM) Wax off. If I can find the time.

I might get waxed the next time I get myself a pedicure and a hot stone massage. . . :lolhitting

QUOTE (Steve9347 @ Sep 13, 2008 -> 10:10 AM) Jeez, I know Palin is up against the Obama ticket, but come on guys. You've gotten out of hand with the hatred. I believe Sarah Palin deserves a shred of respect given she's accomplished more than anyone on this entire board. I don't want to see her ticket win come November, and I feel her selection as VP was a slap in the face to American politics, but that doesn't mean you have to hate a woman who still wants what she feels is best for this country. I wonder if she thinks it's best for the country that all rape victims be charged for the cost of their rape kits/medical exams like she thought the victims in Wasilla should be? Under Palin, Wasilla charged rape victims for exam That's some progressive feminist right there. She's a pretty despicable person to suggest she'd do a damn bit of good for womens' rights when you look at her failings in that area in the past.

QUOTE (DABearSoX @ Sep 12, 2008 -> 04:29 PM) Yep...just checked I get the Mets game on Saturday....i don't think I have gotten one FOX sox game this season...I used to hate it when I had extra innings...now I hate it even more that I don't... I'm in the same boat on the east coast. The Yankees/Mets/Sawx love pretty much ensures that my FOX will not pick up the White Sox games, and my Extra Innings doesn't help a lick. Realistically, for Chicagoans on the ground. . . What are the chances of getting either game in today?

Happy Happy!

QUOTE (Brian @ Sep 11, 2008 -> 06:03 PM) So, I never heard the lipstick on a pig saying before Obama said it, and when I heard it him say it, I busted out laughing. I took it as a knock at Palin, but now know that it wasn't.Well, of course it was a knock at (or a nod to) Palin, but not a sexist remark. It was very postmodern and self-referential etc., obviously intended to refer to the Palin hockey mom/pit bull quip from the Convention, but not calling her a pig. That just happens to be the adage. And of course, McCain himself used that adage before as well: Now, of course, it's vulgar and offensive and sexist and the McCain campaign has drummed up an amount of mock indignation that even Alpha Dog would be impressed by.

Hmm, Bill Clinton's in the news again. . . I figured I'd better beat the wingnuts to it.

Meh, anybody with more than 11K posts and change is just a worthless drain on society. And anybody with less than 11K or so posts is a noob and not worth bothering with. B)

Double Happy Birthdays to the Displaced Downunder Man and the Killer Zappa Fan!!

I have rekindled my love affair with the classic turkey club sammich in recent years. White toast and it needs to have that extra slice of toast in the middle. Piled high with good deli turkey, bacon, lettuce and tomatoes. Light mayo, cut into quarters on the diagonal with one of those celophane-topped toothpicks jammed into each quarter. That's some good eats right there. I also love me big-arse ham muffuletta, oyster po-boys, a big wet Italian beef with hot gardinaire, and the perfect fried grouper sammich they used to make at DeLuxe pool hall and grille in Champaign when it was still in business. I just started back on a damn diet after doing well and then relapsing into my fat ways (which is why my Biggest Loser sig is sadlyfrozen in time). Now I'm starving and can't have any of those wondrous constructions.

Dark Helmet: I am your father's brother's nephew's cousin's former roommate. Lone Star: What does that make us? Dark Helmet: Absolutely nothing!. . which is what you are about to become.

Wyland, the marine life artist who does all the big Whaling Walls. Alexandra and Phillipe Cousteau, grandchildren of Jacques. Jeff "Biff" Huber, my college dorm mate and apartment mate, and now the friggin Senior VP of Engineering and friggin' Google. I obviously stood in the wrong line on College Career Day. :crying

That's outstanding! That video explained the Higgs in about 20 seconds, and did it better than any physics geek I've ever met.

QUOTE (Sonik22 @ Sep 9, 2008 -> 09:31 PM) So now i basically f***ed everything up. I hooked up with a girl last night, and i just told her about it. I guess that was pretty wrong to do, but if she didnt really have the feelings i had for her why should she feel so upset about it? But she's just told me that everything is over between us. Wow, just f***. Ouch. Such is the way it goes with the fickle fairer sex. They'll say you should both 'see other people,' but if you actually do, then watch out. Hey. . . This doesn't mean you were drinking on a week night now, does it? Sorry. Trying to inject a little levity.

Happy Happy!

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 12:41 AM) I'm interested in playing electric guitar, and my buddy's brother who has countless guitars sitting around offered to basically give it to me (along with an amplifier) indefinitely. What I want to know is, how expensive would a delay accessory such as the one provided within the link be? A Boss digital delay pedal will run you right around $100. Walk before you run though, and get some playing under your belt before you spend a ton of money on effects.

QUOTE (Sonik22 @ Sep 8, 2008 -> 12:07 AM) Well i'm trying to find a way to get over this, since it doesn't look like anything will happen between us in the near future. I realize I'm in a new place now with a lot more people, and i love it here. It's not helping the situation that i told her about me drinking last night, she won't answer her phone. Grrrrrrreat. But thank you guys for everything, and if you have anything else, post it. Waitasec. . . DRINKING?! Underage in Carbondale??!! I don't believe it.

QUOTE (juddling @ Sep 7, 2008 -> 04:58 PM) Bacon vodka.....nice!!!!!!!! Bacon!!!!!!!!!! I can see that being quite good in a bloody mary, but probably not much else. I've been dabbling in some rum infusions over the last few months - mostly to make home-made versions of a few hard to find ingredients for vintage Don the Beachcomber and trader Vic-era tiki drinks. The best infusion so far has been a home-made falernum, which is a Caribbean lime and clove liqueur that is an indispensable ingredient in some vintage faux tropicals like Corn 'N Oil. It really brings out the best in a nice aged Demerara or Martinique sipping rum. Also outstanding with Cruzan Blackstrap, which is a rough rum that doesn't play well with most mixers.

Ooohhh, this gets my blood boiling even 25 years later. Because, what song do they cut to in the next scene? Kashmir. And what album is that from? Not Zep IV, it was Physical Graffiti. I know, I know, Cameron Crowe couldn't get the rights to any Zep IV songs, but that just always bugged the hell out of me.

QUOTE (kyyle23 @ Sep 7, 2008 -> 11:15 AM) What movie would you like to see made; whether it be a book, comic, graphic novel, sequel to a movie, television show, or cartoon, and why would you like to see it made? Dont worry about time or money constraints in your response. I keep hearing Terry Gilliam is still trying to get Good Omens made. On/off/on-again projects usually have glaring problems when they are finally released, but I think this brilliant Gaiman/Pratchett book would be an excellent vehicle for Gilliam, and pretty perfectly matched to his style. Give up no Don Quixote already and finish this film, Terry!!

McCain gets BarackRolled at the Convention in a new green screen funny:

First and foremost, Flash is right - filter everything any of us say with your own sense of how you think you need to proceed. Big picture, you're not broken up or anything since you never quite got to the level of dating. Also, you obviously care a lot for one another, so put that in the plus column. The "I think I should date other guys/girls" thing is a standard and legitimate mindset for people in highschool relationships when they move on to college. Again, i realize you never quite officially dated, but your relationship is nonetheless at that level. I'd suggest you respect that decision, and agree with her that you'll both play it by ear for now and see what happens in your lives. You know she's not a promiscuous girl, so it's ok to give her a little room I think. It's also ok to torch some for her, just don't make yourself miserable over it. And don't make her miserable over it either by being clingy, possessive, or intrusive. Use your feelings for her as a measure for how much value there would be in other relationships of opportunity. Have fun, sure, and be open for pleasant surprises, but don't undervalue the relationship you have or the possibility that it may become something more in time. This part will sound silly, but there really is some positive in not bringing a full-fledged long-distance relationship with you to college. Long-distance relationships flat out suck. Long-distance friendships, on the other hand, are manageable. You're not saddled with trying to sustain a long-distance romance, which is usually a losing proposition. But you can be effective and important friends for each other, and you can help each other laugh at the ups and downs you each go through this year. She likes you and you like her, so remember that counts for something. Best of luck, have fun, and study once in a while.

If the venue's ASCAP fees were paid,they had a legitimate right to use the song, as it is licensed for public performance per ASCAP. I don't know id that was the case in the earlier use of the Jackson Brown song in the McCain teevee add, or in a couple of other instabces. Still, I like Fisher's commentary:

Belated Happy Birthday, Mr. Zimmerman.

Happy belated Happy Happy, Rex. Glad to hear you got to spend quality time with the mouse.